Healthcare Sector Management:Devices-Equipment

 

Associations
Device Approvals
Industry Overviews
Laws, Regulations, Patents & Trade
Selected Journals

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Associations

Advanced Medical Technology Association
http://www.himanet.com

American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
http://www.aimbe.org

Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
http://www.aami.org

Contact Lens Manufacturers Association
http://www.clma.net

Health Industry Distributors Association
http://www.hida.org

Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council (MassMEDIC)
http://www.masstech.org

Medical Alley
http://www.medicalalley.org/

Medical Device Link
http://www.devicelink.com

Medical Device Manufacturers Association
http://www.medicaldevices.org

Medical Product Outsourcing
http://www.mpo-mag.com

Medical Technology and Practice Patterns Institute
http://www.mtppi.org

National Electrical Manufacturers Association
http://www.nema.org

National Institutes of Health - NIH Small Business Funding Opportunities
http://www.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm

Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society
http://www.raps.org

Society for Biomaterials
http://www.biomaterials.org

Society of Interventional Radiology
http://www.sirweb.org

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Device Approvals

How to work with the FDA : tips from the experts
Law Annex RA401.A3 H69 2000tinybook

Inside the FDA : the business and politics behind the drugs we take and the food we eat
Pardee RA401.A3 H39 2005tinybook

Product development planning for health care products regulated by the FDA
Law Annex HD9666.5 .W45 1997tinybook

Investext Plus [About]bulog
Company reports contain information on company product pipelines, approvals, trials, etc.

U.S. Food & Drug Administration Center for Devices and Radiological Health
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/

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Industry Overviews

D&B healthcare reference book.
Pardee: Reference Co HD9994 .U5D86 2006/2007 LIB USE ONLYbook

Guide to biotechnology products and instruments.
Medical Center: Medical Oversize Q 185 G9465 1985book

Introduction to biomedical equipment technology
Science/Eng R856 .C33 2001book

Medical device register.
Medical Center: Medical Reference W 26 M489 LIB USE ONLYbook

Medical instrumentation: application and design
Mugar R856 .M376 1998book

Regsource.com
http://www.regsource.com/Medical_Devices/medical_devices.html
A free portal organizing worldwide Regulatory, Clinical, Toxicological, CMC and other drug/device development-related information on the Internet. Includes complete European Regulatory coverage as well as extensive Clinical Research information.

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Laws, Regulations, Patents & Trade

Advanced Technology Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce Publications
http://www.atp.nist.gov/eao/eao_pubs.htm

Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Office of Microelectronics, Medical Equipment & Instrumentation (OMMI) - Microelectronics and Instrumentation
http://www.export.gov/infotech

Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Office of Microelectronics, Medical Equipment & Instrumentation (OMMI) - Medical Equipment
http://www.ita.doc.gov/mdequip

European Union Commission on Enterprise & Industry: Medical Devices Sector
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/medical_devices/index_en.htm
Information on the regulatory framework for market access and international trade

Federal Register
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html

Food & Drug Law Institute
http://www.fdli.org

Medical Device Law Weekly bu

Medical Imaging Law Weeklybu

Medical device regulations : global overview and guiding principles.
Mugar R856.6 .C54book

National Institute of Standards and Technology
http://www.nist.gov

Office of the Inspector General, Health and Human Services
http://www.oig.hhs.gov/

Thomas
http://thomas.loc.gov
Bill text, status, & summary information; congressional record, etc.

United Kingdom Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
http://www.mhra.gov.uk/home/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=5
www.medical-devices.gov.uk
Is a UK government agency which is responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices work, and are acceptably safe.

U.S. Food & Drug Administration Center for Devices and Radiological Health
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov

U.S. Small Business Administration
http://www.sba.gov

 

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Selected Journals

Journal of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (JAAMI)
Medical Center : Medical Library Jour LIB USE ONLY book


Journal of medical engineering & technology
Medical Center : Medical Library Jour LIB USE ONLYbook

Medical Designbu

Medical Design Technologybu

Medical Device Business Week bu

Devices & Diagnostics Letterbu

Medical Device Technologybu

Medical Device Weekbu

Medical Devices & Surgical Technologybu

Medical Economicsbu

Medical Equipment Designer bu

Medical Imaging Business Weekbu

Medical Imaging Weekbu

Medical Instrumentation
Medical Library - Library use only
Science/Eng R856.A1A85book

Medical Laser Insightbu

Precision engineeringbu

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